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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Too many in the GOP want Rambo as the Secretary of Defense because that's bad ass. They're also the ones who only consider Special Forces to be real military and not the other millions who serve. The one saving grace about Hegseth is that he looks to be incompetent. The pentagon is full of very smart people that will direct him and he will have no clue what is going on. Will he and Trump get their dream of renaming bases for Confederate traitors? Sure but that's who they are. They will celebrate that as major victories while they lose the war.
  2. Burrows won 85-55 with the help of Dems but it's good to note that there are 86 republicans and 62 Dems in the Texas House. This wasn't 2 or 3 GOP members joining the Dems in voting in Burrows. It creates an interesting situation where the GOP easily has the majority but that majority does not want Burrows as the Speaker. Natural result when the GOP is far from united. As mentioned, those voting for Burrows or abstaining will be targets to remove in 2026. At least we get a minimum of 2 years of Abbott and Patrick not getting everything that they want. Burrows is on the record that he won't stand in the way of school vouchers, so there's an expectation it will pass in some form.
  3. Independence Heights is slowly being gentrified so wouldn't surprise me if Acres Homes is someday.
  4. The construction have temporarily wrecked some of the blocks. I think once construction completes there in the next year (two?), the remaining car lots will mostly move on. The exceptions might be older owners that don't worry as much about profits but rather passing the time.
  5. fruit juices are not much different from drinking a coke. you drink it for enjoyment only.
  6. "Cavazos doesn't sound American"
  7. I would bet that in ten years, N. Shepherd from Tidwell south to 610 will look like shepherd in the heights with restaurants, bars, etc. It's probably already 20% of the way. St. Pius might keep that block free of bars.
  8. I watch videos where people strongly criticize dividend investing. The claim is that dividends only take from the stock price and you’re better off buying a growth stock. Plus better to hold off and pay LT capital gains instead of continuous div tax. I understand those thoughts but I see a place for both. It doesn’t have to be an either/or choice especially as your portfolio grows. ive also found dividend investing can become a game. How much can I grow the monthly income. I believe I’ve invested a much larger amount than I would have anyways. but it’s cool if someone else hates this strategy.
  9. Yeah. The limited streets over the bayou + the Washington RR make driving north-south a pain at times. Too many bottlenecks. We also need to eventually move more of the freight traffic out of central Houston. The perfect time would have been as part of the wider expansion of freeways but we can’t be bothered to be forward thinking. the city should be working with the RRs to limit rush hour trains. I once asked council member Kamin about this. Her office only replied that the city can’t make the RR do anything. I was disappointed by the answer because good politicians should have other options other than force.
  10. I always thought McCartney was a piece of shit.
  11. I imagine TexAgs are jerking off to the idea of restoring confederate names. Even when they agree with an issue, they have to reject it if the idea is championed by a lib’rul.
  12. This fire like with recent hurricanes or other natural disasters will bring insurance questions that need to be solved. Some states may not allow Insurance companies to accurately model the expected risks based on future projections, they can only look backwards. I believe this differs from state to state. If the companies see too much risk, then the state may have to jump in to provide insurance with a public-private insurance company. Then taxpayers may partially be on the hook for payouts. Note, CA recently made some regulation changes that some see as insurance industry friendly to keep them from ending coverage. All homeowners may also need to accept higher premiums or higher deductibles since damages are increases. Which in turn may impact housing pricing. Future owners may value a house purchase at a lower amount since their annual insurance premiums would be much higher. The recent disaster damage increases, whether or not someone believes in climate change, can't be denied.
  13. Crazy how that the aftermath of a gun tragedy, we hear from the GQP politicians that it's the wrong time to talk politics when the event just occurred and people are suffering. Then switch to an on-going natural disaster in a blue state, and they practically want to call for hearings before the disaster is over.
  14. Didn’t Kim Jung-il reportedly shoot a NK record 35 under par with 10 holes in one? He would laugh at Trump’s 68.
  15. Since I’m still working and contributing, I don’t worry about dividends in the tax advantaged plans. Just want growth. On a brokerage account, I’ve been playing around with throwing excess money here and there into dividend stocks. First it was individual and lately more into SCHD and SPYD ETFs. The eventual goal is to earn $1,000/mo in dividends by retirement. Whether I stick to path, who knows. At first I chased yield but realized that too many of those stocks either lose price or they offer anemic dividend growth. I’ve become more interested in higher quality stocks that grow dividends by 4-5% per year and have solid cash flow. I figure that is the best long term play.
  16. I don’t recall seeing someone signing anything at a large event. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. I have seen the closed captions on a board for the announcers at NRG Stadium.
  17. With the prevalence of closed caption, I can see that some sign language at press conferences is redundant. Then again communication redundancy is not necessarily a bad thing especially in emergency situations. i don’t know if it’s needed to sign the national anthem in a large stadium. For the people who need the sign language, are they actually able to see the person? And if the sign language is on the screen, why not just go with closed captions? Very far down the list of things that bother me.
  18. Idea of the day. Churches are missing out on sponsorship opportunities. “Today the Lord’s Prayer is brought you by Golden Corral off Hwy 456. Tell them you were here and you will receive $2 off per meal today only. Our father in heaven…”
  19. Tragedy of the commons
  20. When Houston started toll lanes (dynamic pricing or not) with HOV, some complained by saying it was a govt benefit for the wealthy. Called them Lexus lanes. I saw them as a win for everyone. People that had excess cash or were motivated to get to their destination were taken out of the normal lanes. Even if you can’t afford it everyday, how great is it that the option is there if needed. Many first reactions to anything new by the govt is “why can’t I have that?” Honesty some people haven’t grown emotionally since preschool.
  21. Found that odd as well. Very high schoolish and I can’t recall ever seeing that at a college game. I already find it odd that we sing the national anthem at games but not in other aspects of our lives. But whatever. I stand for all of these things mainly because it triggers others when they see someone sitting down.
  22. Bet if asked, she would say that we should accept some people but others take it too far. And that it would be better if they just kept it a secret. Then everyone’s happy.
  23. given the large number of rapists in these churches, I'm starting to think that access to children or teenagers is the main reason some/all of these guys went into the ministry.
  24. Bush will be there.
  25. I will give Amy coney Barrett credit for following precedence by not putting the president-elect above the law, but is that how far we’ve fallen that we are reduced to praising a scotus justice for following the law? Of course others will pay for all of these rulings. SCOTUS allows the sentencing and case reports to be released, then trump will go after Liz Cheney or whatever. He’s a child.
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